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I for one would like to know if meditation would serve to flush toxins as well, and if so, to what extent. I often struggle to get more than 6 hours of sleep,

by sundvor 10y ago

I for one would like to know if meditation would serve to flush toxins as well, and if so, to what extent. I often struggle to get more than 6 hours of sleep, but have started doing TM a few weeks ago with two twenty minute sessions (not always getting both in..) - and am finding it helpful. This is knowing / having been told that meditation is not a substitute for sleep.

kev009 10y ago
Sounds very unlikely, if someone interrupted your meditation would you feel groggy like interrupted sleep? I believe meditation is mostly psychological, while sleep is physiological.
- joshkpeterson 10y ago
  I'm about to blow your mind: everything having to do with your thoughts is physiological at some level.
- sundvor 10y ago
  That depends on the meditation - it's never quite the same, really varies a lot. Now, I've taken to doing a lunch time meditation in the tinted back seat of my car (secure carpark) and some times I've actually nodded off for a fraction of second or two - or who knows how long. At any rate if I was disturbed between the 10 and 20 minute mark when I typically start to settle into it I'd feel a bit rattled. You're meant to spend a minute or two getting back, slowly stretching out and opening the eyes. Always feel a bit sleepy, but then also strangely refreshed. As a programmer I do find slowing the "mind storm" rather beneficial. Definitely feeling less frazzled.
cpncrunch 10y ago
Possibly daydreaming/napping might achieve the same thing. In fact, I think napping is possibly more useful than meditation in terms of compensating for lost sleep in general.
pYQAJ6Zm 10y ago
I have turned to meditation recently for those nights when I can’t sleep, and I feel it helps me. Nothing comparable to having slept well, of course, but it seems to ease my way forward during a few hours. To be honest I’m not exactly sure if I should call it meditation. I just lie on the bed, or sit, eyes closed while I let my thoughts flow as freely as possible, getting to an quasi-dreaming state, where I experience images and sounds. It’s the same thing I do when taking sleepless “naps”, with the difference of having a much more clear refreshing effect.

by sundvor 10y ago

kev009 10y ago

Sounds very unlikely, if someone interrupted your meditation would you feel groggy like interrupted sleep? I believe meditation is mostly psychological, while sleep is physiological.

joshkpeterson 10y ago
I'm about to blow your mind: everything having to do with your thoughts is physiological at some level.
sundvor 10y ago
That depends on the meditation - it's never quite the same, really varies a lot. Now, I've taken to doing a lunch time meditation in the tinted back seat of my car (secure carpark) and some times I've actually nodded off for a fraction of second or two - or who knows how long. At any rate if I was disturbed between the 10 and 20 minute mark when I typically start to settle into it I'd feel a bit rattled. You're meant to spend a minute or two getting back, slowly stretching out and opening the eyes. Always feel a bit sleepy, but then also strangely refreshed. As a programmer I do find slowing the "mind storm" rather beneficial. Definitely feeling less frazzled.

cpncrunch 10y ago

Possibly daydreaming/napping might achieve the same thing. In fact, I think napping is possibly more useful than meditation in terms of compensating for lost sleep in general.

pYQAJ6Zm 10y ago

I have turned to meditation recently for those nights when I can’t sleep, and I feel it helps me. Nothing comparable to having slept well, of course, but it seems to ease my way forward during a few hours. To be honest I’m not exactly sure if I should call it meditation. I just lie on the bed, or sit, eyes closed while I let my thoughts flow as freely as possible, getting to an quasi-dreaming state, where I experience images and sounds. It’s the same thing I do when taking sleepless “naps”, with the difference of having a much more clear refreshing effect.